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Eric Adams: “We started the operation Padlock to protect [legal cannabis…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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New York City Press Conference on Operation Padlock Anniversary with Mayor Eric Adams and Queens Chamber of Commerce

Published | Video Starts at 06:12

If you were here a year ago, these illegal products would be all over the shelves in the stores. Many of the locations we closed down a year ago when We started the operation Padlock to protect [legal cannabis businesses]. The goal was to go out and ensure the hard earned legal cannabis business would not be hurt by those establishment that thought they can jump the line and even skirt the law and sell products that were illegal. (06:12–06:17)

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